🐶 UNC’s Rants: Mississippi State Fans Tell Their “Happiest Game Day Ever” Stories

Torn-down goalposts. Crown Royal on the 35. And the time Mullen grabbed the mic and cooked Houston Nutt.

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Let me tell y’all something — Mississippi State fans don’t get many perfect Saturdays. But when they do?
They burn it into their souls like a cattle brand.

The “Happiest You’ve Ever Been Leaving a State Game” thread reads like a Dawg fan’s version of the Bible. And honestly, it’s one of the best damn threads I’ve ever read on any board, anywhere.

Here’s the official Broadway Unc-approved recap from the beer-soaked bleachers to the Crown Royal-soaked 35-yard line.

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🐅 The Day We Became No. 1: 2014 Auburn

Consensus #1. Literal and emotional.

Nearly every poster had it in their top spot and for good reason.
GameDay in town. Torrential downpour. That Dak Prescott offense looked like SEC Avengers.

“My head hurt from how loud it was.”
“Didn’t even realize we’d be No. 1 until I got back to the tailgate.”
“Felt like a movie.”

You beat Auburn, the whole country turned their heads, and for one shining weekend State was sitting on the throne.

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🐊 Spurrier’s Meltdown: 2000 Florida

You know it’s a good day when Steve throws the visor.

This one had it all:

• On-the-field madness
• Third-and-57 (yes, for real)
• State winning while dragging the Gators through the dirt like a sack of old laundry

“Was on the field, nearly stole a helmet.”
“They had -75 rushing yards.”
“I helped tear down the goalpost, didn’t even get a piece of it.”

Football euphoria with zero structural integrity left in the stadium.

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🐘 Beating Bama: Any Year, Any Way

Take your pick — it always hits.

“My dad kept saying, ‘State don’t beat Bama.’ That second half, he finally believed.”
“AJ is still running with that 2007 pick-six.”
“Bama fans I rode with didn’t say a word the whole drive home.”

Bama wins feel different in Starkville because they never come easy. But when they do?
They make grown men cry in a Waffle House at 2 a.m.

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🧠 Most Underrated Entry: 2010 Gator Bowl vs Michigan

“New Year’s Day. 80 degrees. MSU beat the hell out of Michigan.”

Simple. Beautiful. Never forget what that Michigan team thought they were walking into.

Instead, they caught a Mississippi backhand to the jaw on national television.

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🧊 Coolest Quote? Crown on the 35

“1999 Kentucky. Westerfield hits a 45-yarder to win it.
We rushed the field and took shots of Crown Royal with a stranger right where he kicked it from.”

Legend.

If that ain’t SEC football at its most raw, I don’t know what is.

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🧼 Cleanest Trolling Job: Mullen Grabbing the Mic After the Egg Bowl

The 2009 Egg Bowl was already a classic.
But then Coach Dan grabbed the mic and started cooking Houston Nutt live in front of the Grove crowd.

“Chris Relf happened.
Then Mullen happened.
And Ole Miss never recovered emotionally.”

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🧨 “Shame Where We Are Now” Energy

Several posters ended their trip down memory lane with some variation of:

“Damn… this thread just makes me sad.”

But that’s what makes State fans different.
They don’t take the highs for granted — because the lows are always waiting.
And that makes the wins hit harder than anywhere else in the SEC.

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🏁 Final Word from UNC:

You wanna know what college football’s really about?

It’s not NIL. It’s not portal drama. It’s goalposts crashing to the ground in Starkville after a backup kicker boots a 45-yarder while strangers hand you brown liquor in the middle of the field.

It’s:

• Dak dragging A&M
• JJ running through Alabama’s front seven like they were made of paper
• Fans storming the field just to carry a pylon out like a war trophy

And most of all, it’s a bunch of dudes on a message board 20 years later still remembering where they sat, who they were with, and exactly how loud that place got when the clock hit 0:00.

Y’all got it right.
And if 2025 gives you even one more of those nights?

Tear the whole stadium down. Again.

– UNC

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